Daniel is working two summer jobs, making $8 per hour babysitting and making $15

per hour lifeguarding. In a given week, he can work a maximum of 18 total hours and

must earn no less than $200. If Daniel worked 3 hours babysitting, determine the

minimum number of whole hours lifeguarding that he must work to meet his

requirements. If there are no possible solutions, submit an empty answer,

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Ariel Roy

15 February, 14:53

Daniel is working two summer jobs, making $8 per hour babysitting and making $15

per hour lifeguarding. In a given week, he can work a maximum of 18 total hours and

must earn no less than $200. If Daniel worked 3 hours babysitting, determine the

minimum number of whole hours lifeguarding that he must work to meet his

requirements. If there are no possible solutions, submit an empty answer,

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Howard Rodgers · Answer 1

18 hours

Step-by-step explanation:

First, he worked 3 hours babysitting, so he already made 8*3=24 dollars.

This means he must work 200-24=176 dollars lifeguarding.

Divide that by how much he makes per hour, and 176/15=11.7333 hours lifeguarding.

Round that up if he can't do a fraction of an hour to get 12 hours lifeguarding.

This is possible because the total hours worked is 12+3=15, which is less than 18.